Concerns over the distribution and usage of commonage land in North Eleuthera have taken center stage as complaints of slow Harbour Island Commonage Committee decisions, and the size of land grants for some commoners over others, have arisen.

A commoner who spoke on condition of anonymity explained that some commoners have been concerned that at a green boutique hotel called The Other Side was built on commonage land. He explained that illegal settlements have also sprung up on commonage land, as well as homes that have not undergone the proper permitting.

He added that when he received his letter granting him commonage land, it strictly stated that the land was to be used for cultivation purposes only.

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